Rictuses

Flanked by wry uncle Nick and new scrutineer Karren Brady, here he was, glaring at the latest intake of pathologically immodest ninnies – the girls with their hyperalert rictuses and ironed hair, the boys affecting a steely tousledness borrowed from the suit pages of the Next catalogue. ❋ Phil Hogan (2010)

Behind the strained rictuses of Tory and Labour politicians, both parties are numb with shock that the rise of the Lib Dems has shattered all their assumptions, not just about this campaign but about how British politics is supposed to work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate rictuses of Ronald McDonald and Colonel Saunders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

*One each, naturally, to keep the grand old dames of the RWA well plastered with frigid rictuses. posted by Douglas Hoffman at 8/09/2005 06:25:00 PM ❋ Douglas Hoffman (2005)

His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate rictuses of Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That was five minutes gone, but now the stage was alive with the ghosts of rejected candidates invited back to do a number with the boys, cavorting shamelessly and wearing the desperate rictuses of people still hoping to cheat death. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Against an inky sky, the dancers began to reach and stretch in ghastly rictuses of yearning and desperation. ❋ Unknown (2008)